Aerospace / Aeronautical / Astronautical Engineering
Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools
Students in these master's engineering programs learn the science of flight, both for aircraft and spacecraft vehicles. These are the top master's programs for aerospace / aeronautical / astronautical engineering.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
| #47 |
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS |
2.1 | $234 per credit (in-state, full-time); $619 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 591 |
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| #47 |
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV |
2.1 | $7,804 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,054 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 704 | |
| #36 |
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO |
2.5 | $42,500 per year (full-time) | 775 | |
| #15 |
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA |
3.6 | $10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,278 | |
| #18 |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA |
3.3 | $13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,030 | |
| #33 |
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA |
2.7 | $13,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,130 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 667 | |
| #8 |
University of Texas‒Austin (Cockrell)
Austin, TX |
4.0 | $9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,425 | |
| #36 |
University of Texas‒Arlington
Arlington, TX |
2.5 | $8,558 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,876 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,476 | |
| #53 |
University of Tennessee‒Knoxville
Knoxville, TN |
2.0 | $10,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,768 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,000 | |
| #21 |
University of Southern California (Viterbi)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.1 | $28,242 per year (full-time) | 4,398 | |
| #20 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
3.2 | $42,350 per year (full-time) | 501 | |
| #11 |
University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN |
3.8 | $14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,920 | |
| #3 |
University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI |
4.5 | $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,184 | |
| #11 |
University of Maryland‒College Park (Clark)
College Park, MD |
3.8 | $11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,254 | |
| #47 |
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
2.1 | $330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 593 | |
| #7 |
University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL |
4.1 | $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,975 | |
| #39 |
University of Houston (Cullen)
Houston, TX |
2.4 | $478 per credit (in-state, full-time); $829 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,070 | |
| #26 |
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL |
2.9 | $12,589 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,983 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,967 | |
| #47 |
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH |
2.1 | $788 per credit (full-time) | 689 | |
| #14 |
University of Colorado‒Boulder
Boulder, CO |
3.7 | $12,726 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,602 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,613 | |
| #30 |
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH |
2.8 | $12,522 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,036 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 859 | |
| #18 |
University of California‒San Diego (Jacobs)
La Jolla, CA |
3.3 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,614 | |
| #16 |
University of California‒Los Angeles (Samueli)
Los Angeles, CA |
3.5 | $12,562 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,664 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,776 | |
| #26 |
University of California‒Irvine (Samueli)
Irvine, CA |
2.9 | $13,308 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,410 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,276 | |
| #26 |
University of California‒Davis
Davis, CA |
2.9 | $15,387 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,489 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,169 | |














